I. noun(pluralhomos)Usage: often capitalizedEtymology: New Latin Homin-, Homo, from Latin, human being — more at homageDate: 1591
any of a genus (Homo) of hominids that includes modern humans (H. sapiens) and several extinct related species (as H. erectus and H. habilis)
II. noun(pluralhomos)Etymology: by shorteningDate: 1922often disparaginghomosexual
• homoadjective, often disparaging